taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com (Dave Taylor) (05/06/91)
At 9:30 am, Wednesday, May 8, the Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is holding a hearing on "New Developments in Computer Technology: Virtual Reality." Senator Gore, chairman of the Science Subcommittee will preside. The hearing will be in Room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building. In addition, on May 8 and 9, there will be an on-going demonstration of the VPL Research system in the Hart Senate Office Building. Witnesses at the hearing: Panel 1 -- The Potential of Virtual Reality Jaron Lanier, President, VPL Research, Redwood City, CA Fred Brooks, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Thomas Furness, Director, Human Interface Technology Center, Univ. of Washington Panel 2 -- The Federal Government's Role Charles Brownstein, Acting Assistant Director for Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering, National Science Foundation Lee Holcomb, NASA (Not necessarily in order of appearance) The hearing should run until 12:00 or so. (Feel free to distribute this message.) -ends-